Human Reproduction, Vol 12, 1706-1708, Copyright © 1997 by Oxford University Press
MR Gazvani, W Buckett, MJ Luckas, IA Aird, LJ Hipkin and DI Lewis-Jones
As well as athletes and competitive body builders, recreational body
builders attending gymnasia are known to abuse anabolic steroids, using
doses from 10- to 40-fold above physiological levels. Androgenic steroids
induce hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism with associated azoospermia, leading
to infertility. Little literature exists on the treatment of
steroid-induced azoospermia following the cessation of abuse. We present
four cases of steroid-induced azoospermia, its conservative management and
eventual return of normal semen density.
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Conservative management of azoospermia following steroid abuse
Reproductive Medicine Unit, Liverpool Women's Hospital, UK.
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